HOVER Kenneth C. Hover has assumed the presidency of the American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich., following the recent death of president Richard Stehly. Hover, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., had been vice president. RBF Consulting, an engineer-planner based in Irvine, Calif., has appointed Mike Giorgione as energy- services market leader and vice president in its San Diego office. Giorgione retired from the U.S. Navy as a rear admiral this past May; his positions included vice commander for NAVFAC Pacific Division, commanding officer at Camp David and executive officer of Public Works Center

Renowned structural engineer and designer Cecil Balmond is leaving Arup, the U.K.-based engineering firm where he has worked for 42 years. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" “I’m stepping out to set up my own practice,” says Balmond, who is credited with making possible some of the most audacious structures, including the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and the Centre Pompidou in Metz, France, by Shigeru Ban. “I want to have more time to make some of the big art installations I’ve been doing for the past four or five years, and I want

STATE LVI Services Inc., the New York City-based environmental and facility services firm, has named Scott E. State as president and CEO. He was CEO of U.S. Development Group LLC, a Denver consulting firm he founded. State also is former chairman and CEO of MACTEC Inc., the Atlanta engineering, environmental and construction services firm that, in his 10 years leading the company, grew to more than $500 million in revenue from $45 million, says LVI. He is based in Denver and Manhattan. Michael A. Lucki has joined CH2M Hill Cos., Denver, as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective

BARDONARO Frank Bardonaro Jr. has joined Terex Corp., the West port, Conn.-based manufacturer of construction cranes and other equipment, as vice president and managing director of its Americas cranes unit. He was president and CEO of Amquip Crane Rental Co., Bensalem, Pa. Bardonaro is chairman of the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association, an international trade group of more than 1,300 members from 43 nations. He was cited in 2009 as an ENR Top 25 Newsmaker for spearheading a local safety standard for tower cranes that served as a model for others nationwide. In his new Terex role, Bardonaro replaces Marco

WRIGHT Ted Wright has joined engineer-contractor KBR, Houston, as president of its North American government and defense business unit. Now based in Arlington, Va., he was most recently president of technology services and solutions for BAE Systems in Rockville, Md., the U.S. arm of U.K-based defense, security and aerospace firm BAE Systems plc. AECOM Technology Corp., Los Angeles, has appointed Gary Lawrence as vice president and chief sustainability officer. He had been the urban strategies leader in New York City for U.K-based engineering firm Arup. Lawrence also served as a sustainability adviser to the Clinton Administration’s President’s Council on Sustainable

CALDWELL Kathy J. Caldwell, president of Caldwell Cook & Associates, a Gainesville, Fla., design firm, will become president of The American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, Va., on Oct. 22. She is an adjunct engineering professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Caldwell was president of JEA Construction Engineering Services Inc. and vice president of its parent, Jones Edmunds & Associates Inc. She is only the second woman to lead the 144,000-person civil engineers group, founded in 1852. The Shaw Group, Baton Rouge, La., has promoted Jeff Jenkins to chief operating officer of its environmental and infrastructure group, one of

LARRABEE Lisa V. Larrabee has been named president and CEO of Harris & Associates, a Concord, Calif., professional services firm, effective on Oct. 18. She succeeds Guy Erickson, who is retiring after 30 years with the firm, the last eight in those roles. Larrabee was senior vice president and environment planning division leader at ICF International, Fairfax, Va., and also served as COO of design firm Jones & Stokes before ICF acquired it in 2008. Praj O. White has joined Manhard Consulting Ltd., Vernon Hills, Ill., as area manager in northern California. The change follows its Sept. 2 acquisition of

ACTON BMW Constructors Inc., Indianapolis, has elected Brian K. Acton to president and chief operating officer in a planned corporate succession action. He had been executive vice president, since returning to the firm in 2009 from a previous role as president of an affiliated company in Seattle. While in that position, he launched the firm’s entry into the semiconductor, biotechnology and aerospace construction sectors. Acton also serves on the advisory board of the construction and engineering dept. at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Hill International Inc., the Marlton, N.J.-based global project and risk management consultant, has announced several executive appointments

BISSONETTE Leah Bissonette has joined New York City-based global engineer Environmental Resources Management (ERM) in a new position as managing partner for its North America power-sector work. She is based in Irvine, Calif. Bissonette is formerly an energy practice director for Navigant Consulting Inc. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Phil McBride has been named New South Wales divisional manager of U.K.-based design firm Mott MacDonald Group Ltd., following its Aug. 12 acquisition of consultant Hughes Trueman Pty. Ltd., of which he had been managing director. The move is part of Mott MacDonald’s strategy to set up a base in

XU Minda Xu has been named vice president and regional director for business and strategic development in China for AECOM Technology Corp., Los Angeles. She had been vice president for China with New York City-based McGraw-Hill Construction (which also publishes Engineering News-Record). Xu, based in Shanghai, formerly worked for Standard & Poor’s, also a unit of McGraw-Hill Cos. KBR, the Houston-based engineer-contractor, has named Dennis S. Baldwin vice president and chief accounting officer. Prior to joining the company, he served in a similar role at engineer-contractor McDermott International. Granite Construction Inc., Watsonville, Calif., has promoted Terry Eller to vice president,